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All theatre should be less than two hours or more than five. It’s in between where things get tough | Jane Howard

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 18 March 2026

A short play is the perfect snack to incorporate into your life. A long play is a feast – and a feat of endurance

Last week, I spent an hour in a makeshift theatre in the middle of a park, watching Garry Starr’s comedy clown show Classic Penguins . The next day, I spent eight and a half hours in one of Adelaide’s oldest theatres watching Elevator Repair Service’s Gatz – a play where The Great Gatsby is read aloud in full.

Both times, there was nowhere I’d rather be. They both adhere to my golden rule: all theatre should be less than two hours, or more than five hours.